How did the high school football season go overall?
“Individually it went well, but as a team we were short on players most of the year and that really hurt us.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now I am playing baseball and continuing to lift every day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This coming season will be our first year under our new head coach, so hopefully we all get on the same page and play the best ball we can.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We are moving regions this year and I haven’t made it through all the film yet but Dooly County has been tough the last couple years.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Alvin Ricks Jr. [from] Wheeler County.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’ve wanted to play college football since I was very little and I’m committed to do everything in my power to make it happen.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A couple coaches have been messaging me but none have made any offers yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Went on a game day visit last season to Mercer.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Looking to make a few camps this summer but I’m undecided on which camps I’m going to make.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“GO DAWGS!”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season overall we had our ups and downs but we ended the season well going into this season coming up.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now I’m running track and doing football workouts 2 times a day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we have a good chance to be very good this year, we have a lot of guys returning on offense so I feel we will be pretty good this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“This season we will have a good chance to compete with the teams in our region so I see us doing pretty well this season competition-wise.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Probably Tyler the LB at Grayson, he’s a pretty good player.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Multiple schools like WKU, Tulane, Austin Peay, Mercer, Charleston Southern, NDSU and more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Probably Austin Peay or NDSU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet but I plan to over my spring break.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes to Austin Peay, Mercer, Alabama A&M WKU and more.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Ohio State.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“We won the State Championship. Played in the Mercedes Benz in Atlanta.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just got done with the weightlifting season and we won the State Championship in that also. I placed third in my weight class.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have a lot of guys returning and with our coaches anything is possible.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We have a lot of great teams that we are playing. Even in higher classification.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not sure. There are so many.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I do. Any of them that give me a chance to prove myself. D-1, D-2, D-3, Juco.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have some stuff for some D-2 schools. Hoping that it picks up soon.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes to North Greenville.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Working on that now. Planning to attend some of the junior days.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Always been a Bama fan and Clemson.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was a great season for me and my teammates.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been working out and getting better since the week after our season ended.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that me and my teammates are going to have a good season. We just got to make a few adjustments and get a bond with our new head coach.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The toughest team on our schedule is probably Erwin.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Ourselves.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A Couple d1 schools.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“All of them really.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I have.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes I have some trips planned for this spring.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“FSU.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“I expected the season to go well, I had a good feeling we could’ve won our region.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Get back in the lab and make sure I have a good senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will be good, we have a lot of key players coming back.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Glynn and Brunswick.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Brunswick TE Hezekent #7.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None right now.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“None.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Anderson spring game.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“LSU.”

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Q&A with Lakeside outside linebacker Brandon Grissom Jr.​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“None right now.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“None.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“None.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Anderson spring game.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“LSU.”


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Q&A with Lanier County cornerback BJ Jones​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A Couple d1 schools.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“All of them really.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes I have.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes I have some trips planned for this spring.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“FSU.”


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Q&A with Pierce County defensive tackle Colson Gambrell​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I do. Any of them that give me a chance to prove myself. D-1, D-2, D-3, Juco.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have some stuff for some D-2 schools. Hoping that it picks up soon.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes to North Greenville.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Working on that now. Planning to attend some of the junior days.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Always been a Bama fan and Clemson.”


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Q&A with Brookwood quarterback CJ Franklin​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Multiple schools like WKU, Tulane, Austin Peay, Mercer, Charleston Southern, NDSU and more.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Probably Austin Peay or NDSU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet but I plan to over my spring break.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes to Austin Peay, Mercer, Alabama A&M WKU and more.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Ohio State.”


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Q&A with Montgomery County outside linebacker Bray Williamson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I’ve wanted to play college football since I was very little and I’m committed to do everything in my power to make it happen.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A couple coaches have been messaging me but none have made any offers yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Went on a game day visit last season to Mercer.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Looking to make a few camps this summer but I’m undecided on which camps I’m going to make.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“GO DAWGS!”


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Q&A with Lakeside outside linebacker Brandon Grissom Jr.
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I expected the season to go well, I had a good feeling we could’ve won our region.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Get back in the lab and make sure I have a good senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will be good, we have a lot of key players coming back.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Glynn and Brunswick.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Brunswick TE Hezekent #7.”

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Q&A with Lanier County cornerback BJ Jones
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was a great season for me and my teammates.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been working out and getting better since the week after our season ended.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that me and my teammates are going to have a good season. We just got to make a few adjustments and get a bond with our new head coach.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The toughest team on our schedule is probably Erwin.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Ourselves.”

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Q&A with Pierce County defensive tackle Colson Gambrell
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We won the State Championship. Played in the Mercedes Benz in Atlanta.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just got done with the weightlifting season and we won the State Championship in that also. I placed third in my weight class.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have a lot of guys returning and with our coaches anything is possible.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We have a lot of great teams that we are playing. Even in higher classification.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not sure. There are so many.”

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Q&A with Brookwood quarterback CJ Franklin
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season overall we had our ups and downs but we ended the season well going into this season coming up.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now I’m running track and doing football workouts 2 times a day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel we have a good chance to be very good this year, we have a lot of guys returning on offense so I feel we will be pretty good this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“This season we will have a good chance to compete with the teams in our region so I see us doing pretty well this season competition-wise.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Probably Tyler the LB at Grayson, he’s a pretty good player.”

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Q&A with Montgomery County outside linebacker Bray Williamson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Individually it went well, but as a team we were short on players most of the year and that really hurt us.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now I am playing baseball and continuing to lift every day.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This coming season will be our first year under our new head coach, so hopefully we all get on the same page and play the best ball we can.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We are moving regions this year and I haven’t made it through all the film yet but Dooly County has been tough the last couple years.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Alvin Ricks Jr. [from] Wheeler County.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“This past season we did not go as far into the playoffs as we would have liked to, however I was able to learn a lot not only about myself, but about my team and the game of football that I can use to be able to take my game to the next level.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My workout plans now consist of track, weight lifting, and my position training. During the week I usually lift every day during school except for Friday. I go to track after school Monday through Thursday, and Monday and Friday nights I have position training.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that my team will have a great bounce back season this upcoming year, due to the fact that most of our team is returning so we have the knowledge and experience to be able to win more games.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Langston Hughes will be the best competition on our schedule this upcoming year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual my team will face off against this year will probably be Christian Langford, who is Langston Hughes’ quarterback.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Right now the schools that have been recruiting me are UMASS, USF, UAB, Central Michigan, Tennessee, and a few others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have made a few trips to schools like UAB, Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburn.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I have UAB scheduled for March 29th and Tennessee Scheduled for April 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was definitely Georgia.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“This year went great, got very good reps that’ll be very vital in my production in my junior campaign.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now every Monday through Friday I’ve been doing track from 3:40-5:30, then getting on the field or in the weight room with my teammates from about 5:40-7:00.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This year will be a monumental year for the Eagles Landing High School football team, looking to shock the state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County showcases a lot of speed, strength, and intelligence on the field so they’ll be our toughest match up.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nigel Newkirk, RB out of Ola High School.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Miami of Ohio, East Carolina, Mississippi St., Georgia St, and Eastern Michigan.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Miami of Ohio.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m planning to check out Miami, Ohio this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Ever since I watched football, I’ve loved Alabama.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall [the] season went ok, it wasn’t how I expected it to go but it is what it is. We have some work to do.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans for this off season are to cut up and get faster point blank period.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“If my team doesn’t win state next year [there’s going to] be some problems, we have too much talent to not make it to game 15.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The toughest team on our schedule is us, we can only beat ourselves.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We’re all human, they bleed just like we bleed, no one is too tough, [we’re] on whatever with whoever.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football at the next level, which one is to be announced.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve got a couple of schools interested from GA Tech, Virginia Tech, West GA, Duke, etc.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school is really recruiting me the hardest, to me but it would be out of Duke and GA Tech.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t yet made a trip or a visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on taking a few in the future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I didn’t really have a favorite college team growing up, I just loved to watch football.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“We were a very young team that played a lot of freshmen and sophomores, so we took our lumps early. We finished second in the region and made the playoffs for the 19th straight year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I play basketball and run track, too. We made it to the 2nd round of playoffs but hoops ended, so now I’m moving to track for the spring. We are getting after it in the weight room as a team and getting ready for the state weight meet this weekend. We are a small school, so we do a spring football combine in May, and then summer workouts will start after dead week. I work with my trainer, JR Revere, each week, have some QB camps planned this off season, and will be doing some college camps this summer.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m excited about the new season. Like I mentioned, we had a lot of young guys play last year so we are going to build on that. We are also in a new region, which is going to be a great challenge for us. Heard County HS is building a new weight room and covered facility, and getting new turf at the stadium, so there’s a ton of work being done on campus that adds to the anticipation for the 2024 season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We haven’t played some of the teams in our new region, but I know there are some really solid teams up in the Rome area, and Bremen is always well coached. We also scrimmage Central Carroll and play back-to-back state champs Bowdon.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“CJ Gray at Temple is a DUDE and Kaiden Prothro from Bowdon isn’t bad either. I like and respect both those guys a lot.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My goal is to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’m only a freshman, but I’ve been on a few prospect days to Vandy, Auburn, Georgia, and Ga Tech but don’t have any offers...yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I had a great visit with Vandy and their new offensive staff.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Nothing official, no sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Going to several prospect camps this summer and 7on7s with my high school team.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up outside Atlanta, so I’m a Georgia fan for sure. A guy my dad coached with is now coaching at Clemson, so we follow them too.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season didn’t go as I wanted it to but we did have some positives to add on to for next year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I just finished basketball and now I’m running track but I plan to get faster and bigger in the offseason and come back and make a big impact.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel really good about our team next year, we go into a new region/classification, we return a lot of talent. We lost some good guys and some leaders and we learned a lot from them. We will be a strong unit next year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think we have a tough schedule, we can’t look past anyone.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“[There’s] so many guys that are tough in this region, it’s hard to say.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play football on the next level, that’s a goal of mine.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I really haven’t been recruited hard yet I have been invited to a couple places.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been to UGA and Central Florida.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I don’t have any recent plans for any visits as of now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college is Georgia, I love the Dawgs.”

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Q&A with Ware County wide receiver Tayshaun Franklin​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I would love to play football on the next level, that’s a goal of mine.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I really haven’t been recruited hard yet I have been invited to a couple places.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been to UGA and Central Florida.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I don’t have any recent plans for any visits as of now.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college is Georgia, I love the Dawgs.”


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Q&A with Heard County quarterback Ethan Tisdale​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My goal is to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’m only a freshman, but I’ve been on a few prospect days to Vandy, Auburn, Georgia, and Ga Tech but don’t have any offers...yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I had a great visit with Vandy and their new offensive staff.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Nothing official, no sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Going to several prospect camps this summer and 7on7s with my high school team.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up outside Atlanta, so I’m a Georgia fan for sure. A guy my dad coached with is now coaching at Clemson, so we follow them too.”


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Q&A with Thomasville outside linebacker Keymon Jefferson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play football at the next level, which one is to be announced.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve got a couple of schools interested from GA Tech, Virginia Tech, West GA, Duke, etc.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No school is really recruiting me the hardest, to me but it would be out of Duke and GA Tech.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t yet made a trip or a visit.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I plan on taking a few in the future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I didn’t really have a favorite college team growing up, I just loved to watch football.”


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Q&A with Eagle's Landing wide receiver Cannon Kirksey​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Miami of Ohio, East Carolina, Mississippi St., Georgia St, and Eastern Michigan.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Miami of Ohio.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Not yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I’m planning to check out Miami, Ohio this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Ever since I watched football, I’ve loved Alabama.”


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Q&A with Dutchtown defensive back Nick Burden​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Right now the schools that have been recruiting me are UMASS, USF, UAB, Central Michigan, Tennessee, and a few others.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have made a few trips to schools like UAB, Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburn.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I have UAB scheduled for March 29th and Tennessee Scheduled for April 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was definitely Georgia.”


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Q&A with Ware County wide receiver Tayshaun Franklin
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season didn’t go as I wanted it to but we did have some positives to add on to for next year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I just finished basketball and now I’m running track but I plan to get faster and bigger in the offseason and come back and make a big impact.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel really good about our team next year, we go into a new region/classification, we return a lot of talent. We lost some good guys and some leaders and we learned a lot from them. We will be a strong unit next year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think we have a tough schedule, we can’t look past anyone.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“[There’s] so many guys that are tough in this region, it’s hard to say.”

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Q&A with Heard County quarterback Ethan Tisdale
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We were a very young team that played a lot of freshmen and sophomores, so we took our lumps early. We finished second in the region and made the playoffs for the 19th straight year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I play basketball and run track, too. We made it to the 2nd round of playoffs but hoops ended, so now I’m moving to track for the spring. We are getting after it in the weight room as a team and getting ready for the state weight meet this weekend. We are a small school, so we do a spring football combine in May, and then summer workouts will start after dead week. I work with my trainer, JR Revere, each week, have some QB camps planned this off season, and will be doing some college camps this summer.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m excited about the new season. Like I mentioned, we had a lot of young guys play last year so we are going to build on that. We are also in a new region, which is going to be a great challenge for us. Heard County HS is building a new weight room and covered facility, and getting new turf at the stadium, so there’s a ton of work being done on campus that adds to the anticipation for the 2024 season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We haven’t played some of the teams in our new region, but I know there are some really solid teams up in the Rome area, and Bremen is always well coached. We also scrimmage Central Carroll and play back-to-back state champs Bowdon.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“CJ Gray at Temple is a DUDE and Kaiden Prothro from Bowdon isn’t bad either. I like and respect both those guys a lot.”

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Q&A with Thomasville outside linebacker Keymon Jefferson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall [the] season went ok, it wasn’t how I expected it to go but it is what it is. We have some work to do.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans for this off season are to cut up and get faster point blank period.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“If my team doesn’t win state next year [there’s going to] be some problems, we have too much talent to not make it to game 15.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The toughest team on our schedule is us, we can only beat ourselves.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We’re all human, they bleed just like we bleed, no one is too tough, [we’re] on whatever with whoever.”

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Q&A with Eagle's Landing wide receiver Cannon Kirksey
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This year went great, got very good reps that’ll be very vital in my production in my junior campaign.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now every Monday through Friday I’ve been doing track from 3:40-5:30, then getting on the field or in the weight room with my teammates from about 5:40-7:00.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This year will be a monumental year for the Eagles Landing High School football team, looking to shock the state.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County showcases a lot of speed, strength, and intelligence on the field so they’ll be our toughest match up.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nigel Newkirk, RB out of Ola High School.”

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Q&A with Dutchtown defensive back Nick Burden
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This past season we did not go as far into the playoffs as we would have liked to, however I was able to learn a lot not only about myself, but about my team and the game of football that I can use to be able to take my game to the next level.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My workout plans now consist of track, weight lifting, and my position training. During the week I usually lift every day during school except for Friday. I go to track after school Monday through Thursday, and Monday and Friday nights I have position training.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that my team will have a great bounce back season this upcoming year, due to the fact that most of our team is returning so we have the knowledge and experience to be able to win more games.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Langston Hughes will be the best competition on our schedule this upcoming year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual my team will face off against this year will probably be Christian Langford, who is Langston Hughes’ quarterback.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“The previous season didn’t go as well as we would have hoped but we showed [the] ability to do well, this coming season we’ll fully tap into that potential.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Me personally, I just want to continue to better myself in the weight room and field work wise. I’ve recently added yoga and Pilates into my routine to ensure I’ll be as nimble and agile as possible for my senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have way too many pieces to not make noise this season. I’m excited with what we have now and what’s coming. You can expect a long run from us this season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Looking at the schedule, seeing big names like Langston draw attention, we know what they have been capable of in the past but we also know what we can do, but that’s a great competitor for sure.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As a running back my mind always goes to the linebackers, with Stockbridge being back on our schedule, I’d be facing Chase (I don’t know his last name), a pretty big name in the county.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Of course, I would love to continue my football journey on the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“My recruitment has really just begun, I’ve reached out to some coaches but nothing official yet to hang my hat on.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Like I said, no school has displayed too much interest in me yet it’ll all be different this time next year.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have gone to a few HBCU games just as a spectator.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Soon I will begin taking college trips with one of my trainers but not sure which schools will be on the list.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I just favored whatever teams my family would root for, really whoever had a good running back. Georgia, when they had the combo backfield of Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, was a team I favored.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“My season went great [with] my performance on the field [and] with the stuff I improved on and getting the ball more. But as a team, not as great, the record wasn’t great, [we’re] just learning [from] each other.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get better in speed and agility more and more working after school and doing weightlifting during school and stuff like that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel great about this team for next season, we [are] all building chemistry with each other. More leaders [are] coming up and most of us came back that really played and I like that. We [are] all talented and [our] coaching staff [is] getting better and better [and] we have a chance to win STATE!”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Central and Fitzgerald, [they are] always tough schools to play every time we play them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dee Reddick from Thomas County, that’s the only one I really see that I have competition with guarding me this year!”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I don't know which sport I want to play because I play basketball and football. It just matters who offers me better, really.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I talked to Cumberlands a lot and I was talking to FAMU before too.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Cumberlands, the Wide Receiver [coach] likes me a lot that’s why I’m really starting to like that school a lot. I hope other schools are like [him] for real.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been to FSU and FAMU, [those] are the only two right now, waiting on more to come in.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Don’t have any schools asking me to come visit.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My [favorite] college was FSU growing up and still is, I love their environment at night games.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“If we’re talking on a scale 1-10, I’ll say 8.5.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan with sports is to push my team to the best they can be on the practice field and at workouts.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Pretty decent.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Thomas County Central.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“To be honest my team will face me in practice but it would most likely be Kendarius Reddick.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, Florida State.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No colleges have recruited me yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I don’t have one just yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, Florida State.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall, not the best season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“To get better and achieve my goals next season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel the season would be great if the work is put in consistently.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No one.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I want to play Division 1 football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Georgia State, Purdue, Anna Marie.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Anna Marie.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No ma’am/sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not now, wrestling in state.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Tennessee.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was an improvement from the previous year since we went 8-4 this year and got to the second round but obviously not where we wanted to finish.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I actually have to have surgery soon so I’m just trying to recover after that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we’ll do good, we have a lot of young guys that are improving every day and working hard in the weight room that’ll step up to help us a lot this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Stockbridge will be the toughest team since they just came from the championship game last year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The guys who I really know of graduated this year so I really can’t think of anyone now.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do and I have offers but I can’t say which exact schools I’m looking at right now.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have 19 offers and more recruiting me that haven’t offered so I can’t name all of them from memory.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“UNC and GA Tech are recruiting the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited 6 different schools.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Alabama the first weekend in March, Tennessee on the 23rd, GA Tech on the 30th, UNC on the 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Alabama has been my favorite school.”

Find out what colleges are recruiting Javion Butts, Jerry Dixon, Camyrn Scott, Messiah Wilson, and Shane McKoy now!


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Q&A with Jones County defensive back Javion Butts​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do and I have offers but I can’t say which exact schools I’m looking at right now.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have 19 offers and more recruiting me that haven’t offered so I can’t name all of them from memory.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“UNC and GA Tech are recruiting the hardest.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited 6 different schools.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Alabama the first weekend in March, Tennessee on the 23rd, GA Tech on the 30th, UNC on the 6th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Alabama has been my favorite school.”


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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Jerry Dixon​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I want to play Division 1 football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Georgia State, Purdue, Anna Marie.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Anna Marie.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No ma’am/sir.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not now, wrestling in state.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Tennessee.”


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Q&A with Bainbridge athlete Camyrn Scott​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, Florida State.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“No colleges have recruited me yet.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I don’t have one just yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes, Florida State.”


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Q&A with Thomasville athlete Messiah Wilson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I don't know which sport I want to play because I play basketball and football. It just matters who offers me better, really.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I talked to Cumberlands a lot and I was talking to FAMU before too.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Cumberlands, the Wide Receiver [coach] likes me a lot that’s why I’m really starting to like that school a lot. I hope other schools are like [him] for real.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been to FSU and FAMU, [those] are the only two right now, waiting on more to come in.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Don’t have any schools asking me to come visit.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My [favorite] college was FSU growing up and still is, I love their environment at night games.”


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Q&A with Dutchtown running back Shane McKoy​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Of course, I would love to continue my football journey on the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“My recruitment has really just begun, I’ve reached out to some coaches but nothing official yet to hang my hat on.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Like I said, no school has displayed too much interest in me yet it’ll all be different this time next year.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have gone to a few HBCU games just as a spectator.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Soon I will begin taking college trips with one of my trainers but not sure which schools will be on the list.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I just favored whatever teams my family would root for, really whoever had a good running back. Georgia, when they had the combo backfield of Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, was a team I favored.”


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Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football and sports now!


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Q&A with Jones County defensive back Javion Butts
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was an improvement from the previous year since we went 8-4 this year and got to the second round but obviously not where we wanted to finish.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I actually have to have surgery soon so I’m just trying to recover after that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we’ll do good, we have a lot of young guys that are improving every day and working hard in the weight room that’ll step up to help us a lot this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Stockbridge will be the toughest team since they just came from the championship game last year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The guys who I really know of graduated this year so I really can’t think of anyone now.”

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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Jerry Dixon
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall, not the best season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“To get better and achieve my goals next season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel the season would be great if the work is put in consistently.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Jones County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No one.”

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Q&A with Bainbridge athlete Camyrn Scott
How did the high school football season go overall?
“If we’re talking on a scale 1-10, I’ll say 8.5.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plan with sports is to push my team to the best they can be on the practice field and at workouts.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Pretty decent.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Thomas County Central.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“To be honest my team will face me in practice but it would most likely be Kendarius Reddick.”

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Q&A with Thomasville athlete Messiah Wilson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“My season went great [with] my performance on the field [and] with the stuff I improved on and getting the ball more. But as a team, not as great, the record wasn’t great, [we’re] just learning [from] each other.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to get better in speed and agility more and more working after school and doing weightlifting during school and stuff like that.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel great about this team for next season, we [are] all building chemistry with each other. More leaders [are] coming up and most of us came back that really played and I like that. We [are] all talented and [our] coaching staff [is] getting better and better [and] we have a chance to win STATE!”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like Central and Fitzgerald, [they are] always tough schools to play every time we play them.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dee Reddick from Thomas County, that’s the only one I really see that I have competition with guarding me this year!”

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Q&A with Dutchtown running back Shane McKoy
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The previous season didn’t go as well as we would have hoped but we showed [the] ability to do well, this coming season we’ll fully tap into that potential.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Me personally, I just want to continue to better myself in the weight room and field work wise. I’ve recently added yoga and Pilates into my routine to ensure I’ll be as nimble and agile as possible for my senior season.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have way too many pieces to not make noise this season. I’m excited with what we have now and what’s coming. You can expect a long run from us this season.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Looking at the schedule, seeing big names like Langston draw attention, we know what they have been capable of in the past but we also know what we can do, but that’s a great competitor for sure.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As a running back my mind always goes to the linebackers, with Stockbridge being back on our schedule, I’d be facing Chase (I don’t know his last name), a pretty big name in the county.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?

“It went good for me but we went 3-8.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“Get bigger faster and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“We will have a great year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“Irwin County.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“Cedric Hillman.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“Kentucky Christian University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“KCU.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“Yes.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“Not yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“No, not really.”

How did the high school football season go overall?

“We did pretty good but we came up short against Perry but it was a pretty great season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“I have been going really hard in the weight room and have been doing track right now.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“I feel like we will be a good team next year but we have a lot of pressure put on us.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“I’m not sure who the toughest player we will face will be, our whole regular season schedule is pretty hard.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“N/A.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“Alabama state, Charlotte, NC State, Kennesaw State.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“In my opinion probably Kennesaw.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“Yes I’ve been on college visits.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“Probably sometime during spring.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“Georgia was my favorite team growing up.”